To give our artists a heads up on the way they'll be claiming their stories, here's an outline of the way we'll be proceeding with the art claims.

The artist claiming post will go up on Monday, July 9th at 5:30 p.m. BST. (That's British Summer Time. You can use the World Clock Time Zone Converter to determine the time in your location.)

The claiming post will contain all the story summaries, under a cut, and without the writers' names. The post will be screened, so your friendly mods will be the only ones to see all comments.

Artists should comment to the post, and include their first, second, third, and fourth choices for story claims.

Artists should also let us know whether they are willing to provide art for a second story. (We have three more stories than we do artists.)

The mods will do a first pass through the list, starting with the first comment, and assign each artist their first story. If your first choice has already been chosen, you will be assigned your second pick.

We chose this method to ensure:

that every artists gets a reasonable shot of getting a first or second choice, and…

that artists who claim early will get their story assigned early, so they can get to work on art as quickly as possible

Once everyone has been assigned a first story, the first three artists who agreed to do a second story will be assigned that.

Please note that once you have claimed a story, you'll be getting the rough draft of that story, so you don't have to work just from the summary.

Let us know if you have any questions. And thanks once again to our artists for volunteering their time and talent.

I'm glad I don't work on Tuesdays so I have a reasonable shot at getting my first choice, whatever it might be. *g*

I'm glad the time worked out for you. Good luck with your claim!

Just on question. What is BST? I don't know this time zone.

British Summer Time.

Edited 2012-07-04 12:21 (UTC)

This is the first time I've ever signed up to anything like this, I'm a little bit excited (understatement).

It's great you decided to take the plunge with our challenge. It's lovely to have you aboard!

Me too! *high fives you* We can be virgins together. *g*

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mstardmusketeer.livejournal.com - 2012-07-06 22:50 (UTC) - Expand

snailbones.livejournal.com - 2012-07-07 10:42 (UTC) - Expand

Will the post be public before we claim a story, so we can read it and think about our choice or will we have to read really quickly and make the choice equally quickly?

Claims are open as soon as the post goes up.

The summaries are short(ish) so it shouldn't take you too long to read them, but obviously the sooner you comment with your claim, the greater chance you'll have of getting your first choice.

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nickygabriel - 2012-07-05 17:41 (UTC) - Expand

I´m sooo excited, SOOOO excited!!
*dances a bit*

(Worst time ever, I do hope Mr. Maus has a late appointment, so he won´t expect dinner at that time....otherwise he´ll have to get it himself. And the little Maus. And when I´m done I´ll deal with his reproachs. And I´m just rabbiting on, cause I´m so excited. Did I mention that??)

*runs away screaming*

Am I to understand you're a bit on the excited side? *g*

I do hope your family isn't deprived of dinner on account of the Big Bang. Or at least, that they're not to upset by it. ;-)

Good luck with your claim!

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przed.livejournal.com - 2012-07-05 16:25 (UTC) - Expand

Isn't this some sort of evil excitement?
I remember when I went through the summeries last year. I was so stressed and excited, omg omg.

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milomaus.livejournal.com - 2012-07-04 18:06 (UTC) - Expand

Now this is a tricky bit. I haven't been practicing art; I've been dreadful busy with other things and unable to upload 'em anyway.

I'll try hard for any story I get, though!

I'm sure the art will come flowing back to you. Looking forward to seeing what you produce. And good luck with your claim!

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hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com - 2012-07-05 19:23 (UTC) - Expand

I think your art is amazing :)

hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com - 2012-07-05 19:24 (UTC) - Expand

BRING IT ON!!!!

So, you're a bit eager then? *g*

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draycevixen.livejournal.com - 2012-07-04 20:33 (UTC) - Expand

STAND BY YOUR STOATS!

togsos.livejournal.com - 2012-07-04 17:21 (UTC) - Expand

Fantastic stuff, I can't wait!

I can't believe it's claim time already!

YES!

Gimme gimme gimme!

Five more days and the claims shall be yours!

snailbones.livejournal.com - 2012-07-04 19:12 (UTC) - Expand

brillant date the BST.. I only have to add one hour.. just before preparing dinner.. and UHHH!! Bingo.. all short cuts are coming up... I can`t wait and I`m happy to have holidays to enjoy it just in time...

CHEEEEERSSSSS!!!!!

You're holidays are at the perfect time.

Good luck with the claim!

bodiecuddle.livejournal.com - 2012-07-04 19:48 (UTC) - Expand

Augh! Your calculator would not even show me England!! I hate how things load on my computer. >:(

They show England as United Kingdom, so it's near the end of the list.

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